# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S441
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SPECIAL MINISTRIES
(11-11)

To Furnish Information and Counseling
Resources re Selective Service

Wuereas, Many young men in the United States are
subject to Selective Service and are therefore in need
of the ministry of the church for guidance as to the
options offered under Selective Service law: and

Wuereas, There are opportunities within the military
for education, training. or noncombatant status, in addi-
tion to the option of conscientious objection: and

Wuereas, The Armed Forces Commission is the duly
constituted agency of the church to deal with the mili-
tary: therefore be it

Resolved, That the Armed Forces Commission pub-
lish, promulgate. and in other ways furnish information
and counseling to all concerned parties, such as all Lu-
theran pastors and other counselors for draft-eligible

young men. St. GrEcorY oF Nyssa LUTHERAN CHURCH

Chicago, IIl.
Wayne SAFFEN, Pastor
(11-12)

To Study Advisability of Church Workers
Owning Their Own Homes

Wuereas, Some calling organizations are offering
their called workers the option of buying their own
homes: and

Wuereas, Many workers find this arrangement a way
in which they can discipline themselves for investment
security; and

Wuereas, The worker can have a choice of location
and size of home suitable to his needs: therefore be it

Resolved, That our District memorialize the Synod
at Denver to encourage the various Districts to consider

and study the matter. wyyxxrsora SoutH District

Geruarp C. MicHaeL, Secretary
(11-13)

To Note 50th Anniversary
of Deaconess Association

Wuereas, The Lutheran Deaconess Association was
founded in Fort Wayne. Ind., in July 1919: and

Wuereas, The Association will observe its 50th an-
niversary beginning in July 1969: and

Wuereas, During these 50 years the association has
educated and placed more than 300 deaconesses into the
service of the church: and

Wuereas, Lutheran deaconesses have served and are
serving to the glory of Christ in many phases of the
church’s work: therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod, in convention assembled in Denver, Colo., July
11—18, 1969, take appropriate note of the 50th anni-
versary of the Lutheran Deaconess Association: and be
it further

AND SUNDRY MATTERS 4414

Resolved. That the convention declare Sunday, Sept.
21. 1969, as Deaconess Golden Anniversary Sunday and
encourage the congregations of the Synod to remember
with thanksgiving the ministry of women to the church
as exemplified in the deaconess program.

Rev. ARNE Kristo

(11-14)
To Commend Bible Society Work

Wuereas. The Synod recognizes that widespread dis-
tribution of the printed Word of God is a basic need in
mission work around the world: and

Wuereas, The church’s missionary advance calls for
even greater distribution of Bibles, New Testaments,
Gospels. other individual books of the Bible, and shorter
Scripture selections: and

Wuereas, We recognize that the American Bible
Society renders an essential worldwide missionary ser-
vice through translating and publishing the Scriptures
without note or comment and through distributing them
without profit and usually below cost: and

Wuereas, We recognize that the American Bible
Society. in cooperation with 34 other national Bible
societies, is now engaged in a program of worldwide
missionary advance with the theme, “God’s Word for a
New Age,” seeking to place the printed Word of God in
the hands, hearts, and lives of more people, in more
lands, in more languages: and

Wuereas, The American Bible Society makes un-
precedented contributions to the Christian witness in
widespread distribution of a new inexpensive translation
of the New Testament and through numerous other
special Bible-centered services to our churches and
society: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod urge all its congregations
and individual members to contribute to the work of
the American Bible Society in order to provide the
Scriptures needed for the missionary advance to which
we are committed: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod encourage its Districts to
emphasize in their programs the need for a wider read-
ing and sharing of the Holy Scriptures in our own land
and throughout the world.

Boarp FoR Pusiic RELATIONS

Victor C. Rickman, Chairman
Ricuarp HaNNEMAN, Secretary
KENNETH M. Lrnpsay, Director

(11-15)

To Designate Detroit as 1977 Convention Site

Wuereas, The 1965 convention of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod demonstrated the excellence
of convention facilities at Cobo Hall, Detroit: and

Wuereas, The Detroit convention resulted in a dis-
cernible spiritual uplift for the constituency of this Dis-
trict and adjacent Districts: and